About

Burkhard Peter, 1961 born in Wuppertal / Germany

I studied photo and film design at Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts. First exhibition participations and projects during my studies.

1991 Move to Berlin. Started working as a freelance photographer. Publications in journals and magazines. Themes are the changes in Berlin after the fall of the Wall. Travels to Eastern Europe, which has now become closer. Bosnia, Poland, Czech Republic, Russia, Belarus.

Also active in the field of documentation and public relations for institutions and clients.

In addition to commissions, I always work on independent projects and exhibitions.

Current projects: Landscape and urban landscape. Places and memories.

Exhibitions and participations (selection):

„Nothing special“ Urban landscapes, exhibition, Open studios, Treptow Ateliers, Berlin 2018

„Luna Park“ Julio Paz, Engravings – Burkhard Peter, Photographs, Gallery Amalienpark, Berlin 2010

„German Transformations“ – Photographic Reflections by Lorenz Kienzle, Thomas Kläber, Dietrich Oltmannns, Burkhard Peter, Peter Thieme, Gallery Amalienpark, Berlin 2010

„Candy Club“, Photographs, Art Festival 48h Neukoelln, Berlin 2009

„48h in Nova Huta for 48h Neukoelln“, Photographs, Art Festival 48h Neukoelln, Berlin 2008

„Przystanek Woodstock“ Photographs, Galerie Saalbau, Berlin 2007

„Zwischenraum“ – Encounters in the German-Polish Borderland,

Portraits and Landscapes, Museum Europäischer Kulturen – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Berlin, 2004

„Bez Domovine – ohne Heimat“

Portraits of Bosnian Refugee Women in Berlin.
In cooperation with Süd-Ost Europa Kultur e.V Berlin and with the support of the European Cultural Foundation, Amsterdam.
Exhibitions in Berlin and Hamburg, 2000 and 2002